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RM lends money to small and medium-sized firms with complicated financial needs but good growth prospects. The shares are priced at 100p and are expected to rise steadily in value, offering an impressive 6.5 per cent dividend from 2018. Ever since the financial crisis, small businesses have struggled to borrow from high street banks and lenders are particularly reluctant to commit funds to small firms with relatively complex financial needs....read

Equipment hire specialist Lavendon, which helped to install the Christmas lights in London’s Regent Street, has had an exciting week. And Lavendon's share price has soared even further to 218p, following news that French group Loxam is in talks with a possible rival offer to that from TVH....read

It is just over three years since fund manager Mark Wharrier returned to investment house BlackRock after a ten-year absence working for a rival. It has been a triumphant return for the UK equity income specialist. Wharrier is now BlackRock’s head of UK equity income portfolios, responsible for assets in excess of £1 billion....read